HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT - Fighting Homelessness in Spokane
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2024
- Explore the lives of Spokane’s Homeless. Who are they? Where did they come from? Why are they homeless? Using personal stories and experiences, the documentary reveals the complexity of the problem of homelessness and the challenges involved in solving it, featuring the bold and sometimes unique efforts of the Spokane community to come together to try to solve homelessness by 2020
Many of us are a paycheck away from being Homeless. We lose our Jobs and the next moment we are living on the streets.
Useless platitudes and soundbites we have heard morons repeat over and over again for the last 30 years that have done absolutely nothing to solve the problem.
Great video. My son is one of the homeless in Spokane...he refuses to contact me..he's lost struggling with addiction and mental illness..he needs help.There is not a day that goes by that I dont think and pray for him. I pray and hope that someone helps him...please god help him!!
I hope you and him find peace in this life. I had addiction and mental illness problems as well. If your still breathing still have a chance to find sobriety. I wish you the best i know its a problem thats not black or white but grey
I pray for the kid
The ultimate loneliness is to be homeless addicted and mentally sick. It is like being in a ship in a battle zone without shields, sensors or weapons to protect yourself.
I pray your missing son is returned to you so you can both start the healing process. A mom's love and professional help can do wonders to heal a broken man.
I can’t see how saying someone is mentally ill can help self esteem and progression, there doesn’t seem to be an end to that title
Addiction is major cause of homelessness.
We must learn to love one another rather than judging one another ❤️
You can only help a person so far. If they don't want to help themselves, there is nothing you can do.
My first time ever coming here today I seen downtown and was amazed on how many homeless my heart is with them
In California alone, there are 50,000 homeless college students living in vehicles or "couch surfing" 😣😢
God bless all these families always!
I grew up in Crosswalk! That place kept me alive! God bless you Crosswalk! Much love Miss Bridget, an RIP Mr Ken. Love an miss you guys so much!
Three year old comment! That seems like a lifetime! Will I still even have this same phone in three years? I hope all is well with you since you left this comment Wendy. Peace and respect.
Awesome awareness of my hometowns issues. Great video
Dont forget to appreciate who and what you have.
I'm in England & we've homelessness more than other areas because we are a seaside town & close to London, plus the way life is! Gets worse year upon year & do not see a stop or reduction in numbers.
I am baffled by the way some folks treat homeless people like their are above these people and life itself, no one is immune from unfortunate circumstances.by mistake. which is all a part of life or system failure people will always need each others,when the system fail government doesn't just let it go by wayside it's often bail out,but poor people are often curse for what is perceived has handouts,especially in America today a lost paycheck or two from hitting the streets.
So few people realize how close they are to being homeless at any given time. You live paycheck to paycheck? You are 1 sick day away from being homeless, Lose your job? You’re homeless. We all think it could never happen to us. It can. So be more compassionate, because one day you might be looking up at someone with a job asking for change.
I agree 💯...
Here in Missoula Montana...the homeless are everywhere..
The problem I have with certain homeless people is that they justify their Drug use.. and have a million excuses of why they can't stop..
It's out of control
You can start, by not calling the unhoused "these people".
Not every homeless person is a criminal. J
your right just the majority are..IE drug addicts
The problem for most people passing by is the majority of homeless folks who are not criminals are indistinguishable from those few who are criminals. It is the fact that those few homeless individuals who are criminals will do you great harm if given half a chance.
The urban survival response of most passers by is to ignore all homeless people not because of a hard heart but for reasons of safety on city streets!
Most people in cities know its best just to mind your business, never make eye contact with the homeless and keep moving. That way as a moving target you present minimal exploitation opportunity to all criminals who might target you.
Not every cop is a power hungry douchebag either. But the problem is that most of them are and it ruins it for everyone. Most homeless in Spokane is trash drug abuses and criminals. Screw them. We need to be helping the ones who are genuinely good people going through true hardships.
A large portion of the homeless population works. What does that say about work? Work is not the cure. A suitable job that sustains avearage liinvg for the area is the answer.
Job's that don't pay enough to let a single person live in safe stable housing within their respective communities are criminal and should be deemed illegal.
What kind of jobs are available blue collar?
If addiction is a major cause or seed of the plant of homelessness, it makes sense to find out our addictions, be they ever so seemingly insignificant and tackle them head on.
It's a travesty that alcohol is socially as acceptable and normal as smoking, or illicit sex, where birth control means abortion and murder of the baby.
When one is living a hallucination of so-called happiness in crippling habits,... the result can only be more and more misery.
My heart goes out to the ignorant mass of people, struggling with addictions. You become the slave of your senses. They are relentless slave owners.
They can cost you your job.
Stop Jacking rents through the roof. Might help.
Means the rich are greedy
Update? 4 years have gone by
Update. The situation has only worsen.
We vow to commit our lives to helping the less fortunate. People all over the world need help.
It’s a tough life for sure, seems like nobody cares. I’m a van dweller with a service dog, don’t know what I’d do if I lost my van & dog.
51:37 that guy has a similar sign to this day. I see him at walmart in the valley often :(
Every top people talk at end say
" god bless america " but they thought god will help . But they forget they are mom and dad of every one in the country
Yes, great production !!!!
Two major reasons for America's homelessness are 1. Allowing our mentally ill to remain on the street and untreated. Allowing the mentally ill to refuse treatment has been a complete failure. We have to change the laws so that they can be made to remain on their medication at what ever level that takes. 2. The Veteran's Administration cares more about those who work at the Veteran's Administration than they care about the Veterans needing the services they have earned and deserve.
I think community court is not punitively sentenced, instead of restorative justice, we need more of the community courts in our cities and states, instead of incarceration, we give people a chance to turn their life around for the better and sign them with Wellness Case Manager. That's exactly what we are doing here on our reservation.
Huge part of the problem is if they have been in jail, upon release they have no home or any money. So the vicious circle begins.
I sit here and watch. I lived this. I grew up at crosswalk. Graduated high school thru them when they partnered with havermale. I got my diploma thanks to Ken Jernberg Joe Teresa and Sam owner of Hogan restaurant on the south hill. I went back to crosswalk and worked as the maintenance man for 2 years. I lived homeless for majority of my 20s with drugs and alcohol. Did a stint in prison. I sit here watching as not the same person. I watch in horror in remembering the things I did and had to do just to survive.
i was homeless at 18 nearing 19 in 99 and i was nearing where to old for crosswalk but i ate there then went to the eating place on sprague .i floated to a few places some not so good.i have even sat up on the sidewalk till businesses opened . the eating place was a blessing and so were those who took me in .my good friend kelly conway who took me in was murdred and even today i am so thankful for the help she gave me.in my time the cops didnt bother us we sat around on sidewalks as long as we all didnt stop buisness they were cool with it.
I lived in Spokane for 35 years. Many homeless aren't suited to conventional housing simply because they are too disruptive, destructive or potentially dangerous and always will be,-- hence, their circumstances,-- but still need safe, warm shelter like everyone else. Looking at many of these people one can see the deep rooted problems, pain emanating from childhood trauma. It is terribly sad--
Just because some people have no interest in reading the encyclopedia or going to the opera doesn't mean they are garbage.
Fantastic 💕👍👍👍👍👍
I was living in the shellter and did not like it maybe idaho falls was better for me now I am in Europe 🌍🥺
I had a death, my husband left me and I lost my job. I'm living in a Jeep and storage unit.
550,000..….?!!! C'mon, that estimate is tenfold, too small. I'd estimate 15- 20 million, at least, are homeless. Probably twice, or 3-fold that #!
For sure that's a way low number I wonder where they got that?
Spokane charity house amazing people ❤️🙏
The government has money 💰 to buy, aircraft worth 50 billion dollars, and, buy 40 billion dollars aircraft carriers, helicopter s,but they can't fix the homeless problem in the United States, what a shame.
Why are ordinary people can figure out what the communities in the cities needs with our homeless and drug addictive residence and our leaders can't? I wonder why that is? We have politicians that are wanting money for issues like this one but yet can't figure out the solutions to this country's crisis!
They are only showing a few people that the program helped, you might want to look further into how many have gone through their doors and how many they were not successful in helping. This is a charity that is trying to raise funds, if you go out and talk to the people that have sought help many will tell you they didn't help.
Know body cares. I was homeless for six years and believe me know one cares. Couldn't find a job or an apartment because of the fact that I had a criminal record plus the rent is way to much for me to pay way to much
Bad choices ?
For all that help💕
All this has been a concern here since I came here 26 years ago. City leaders who don't play well with others & are tone deaf to Homelessness have created this desperate situation. It's Here & it won't just disappear with a snap of Ozzie K. fingers.
Prayers
Anyone else have a sort of survivors guilt when you are laying in bed late at night looking at the stars and the traffic from safely behind the window snug under the covers in your climate controlled bedroom.
Maybe..... but maybe not too.
My fairly wealthy family had a 4 bedroom home. After my 2 sisters were on their own, I was staying at "home" with just Mom & Dad, and yet there was quarrel & contention because I had renounced meat eating, and Mom got enraged that I didn't eat her cooking anymore, but waited till they finished and cooked my rice & veggies in her pots. Now how did I sleep at night.... Tossing & turning from the antagonism. Mom was on a mission to squash my dreams (any & all)... And never hugged me or told me she loved me. (How did I sleep at night?)
At last the day came she couldn't go another day with me in the big ol house.
I was on the street and sad as anything ...hellish.
I pretty much locked the door to my heart up for those negative vibes from my worst nightmare, psychological abusive parents, but they had the nerve to get the law to come find me after I didn't touch bases for 2 years.
I met an ex-con hitchhiking the same highway, who knew where the free food was......
🙄🙏🏻📚 It's not black and white. Some yogis live in caves and meditate. They are peaceful & satisfied so they don't have any guilt feelings.
@Canis no. I have been on the streets in LA and High Desert in Cali, I have paid my dues so no. I do have immense compassion for those that are still out there however, it breaks my heart.
Not everyone living in homes are snug under their covers with climate controlled rooms. I know families living in homes with little to no heat, without water, with leaking roofs and foundations caving in. My neighbor is almost 60 and she has broken pipes and a foundation that is caving in. I hooked a hose up and ran it to her house so she has water until winter when I have to pull it in so it doesn't freeze, I see her outside chopping wood to help heat her house and she put 4 by 4's in her basement to hold her house up.
@@AliciaM5555 You both humbled me and put me in my place. I admit I'm F-ing clueless. The faces and situations of poverty has many iterations. All I can say in my defense is being safe in a cold dilapidated house beats the heck out of living in a RV, street shanty or sidewalk tent in any city on Earth! I know LOTS of tent \ RV dwelling street homeless that would trade situations with her in a New York heartbeat! Being told to move along while having everything you own thrown away routinely in cleanup sweeps is not something she experiences. Yeah it's a Tiny Blessing, but her HOME is Still a Blessing She HAS that TOO MANY of US DON'T!
@@AUTISTICLYCAN I sincerely pray you get the help you need. I mean that. And in my eyes, I see you and I never turn away. ❤️
The Salvation Army saved my brother ❤️
If the politicians didn’t close the mental institutions and reimagine them into a job type setting for homelessness people making stuff for other countries
I wish they have this for DC, network, Oakland......etc.
prob worst now ,due to this covid were all goin thru but blessings to them,never know what u got till its gone
I can’t see how saying someone is mentally ill can help self esteem or progression, there doesn’t seem to be an end to that title
It's a cop out.
a person will isolate themselves because of their cleanliness
Hey. Let’s use the homeless who are cold hungry some disabled addicted in need of a shower and trying to survive to do community service. Real nice of you people. This is cruel
Yes it is very cruel. However, many of the Homeless do not want to help themselves. They want to be taken care of and don't even try crawling out of their rutt.
If an organization is saying they can't help u because u have no kids u r not a junkie or alcoholic it's discrimination as hell
Good information . Police work more hard then others . The organisation should go to the root of the problems.
To put a stop and work out .
Curious what kind of industry's do they have blue collar per say
He is right if I lost my job I would be homeless
housing first is the only way
Rent money.
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The uk is going the same way as America, homelessness & suicides are on the up because people have just given up hope, the cost of living is too high, you have no quality life on a minimum wage, you just end up working to exist & your existence becomes meaningless.
I firmly believe we are experiencing the start of the collapse of western civilization as a result of globalization, capitalism, immigration & the retarded liberal left who seem hell bent on making our decent into oblivion even more excruciating
"Defendent"?? Court? Is being poor a crime?
Excellent documentary! I was in Spokane a week ago (Sep 2022). They built a large homeless shelter, but it stays mostly empty because so many homeless don't want to follow the rules of conduct there. It has had no impact on the number of homeless. There are over 1,000 homeless in Spokane. Most of them are in one large homeless camp that has tents, campers, vehicles in a square. It's right in front of Walmart. Now, Walmart & other businesses had to hire 24 hr. security due to the vandalism. I can understand that housing & utilities are outrageous, but why cause vandalism & other crimes? Spokane put up fences under bridges & other places where the homeless tend to occupy. They will arrest & fine with the "Sit & Lie" ordinance. This is supposed to encourage people to go to the shelters for the night. We'll see if it changes in the future.
Shelters will not allow pets nor are they safe.
The fact that homeless people are rule adverse is often why they are homeless. Even in your rent an apartment there are still RULES that must be followed to remain housed. That's why bleeding hearts demand the providing expensive supportive "Wrap Around Services" be included! The problem is providing housing plus expensive Wrap Around Services costs big time Wrap Around Funding stolen from Taxpayers Wallets". Socialist Welfare Wrap Around Services costs big money for people who are on paths to self destruction of their own making. All taxpayers dollars do is slow their dying process.
Does the human warehouse-oops-"shelter", have running water and toilets yet?
this building is a chance for the homeless hope they take it
Hope they respect it.
It can't be easy for these families having to sleep on floor mats next to other families with virtually no space between them, but it's better than sleeping in a car. The parents probably feel like they have failed their kids. You have to be heartless if you don't feel any sympathy for them. You know there's a problem when you have both parents working, but still unable to find anywhere that they can afford or it's so expensive that there's very little or nothing left over after paying bills and food. Lockdown hasn't helped and now we're nearing an energy crisis with prices about to soar by over 50% which will leave some poor families having to think about finding cheaper thus, poorer quality food or even food banks as a means to feed their kids. London, UK
American with so richness is unable to buy or build a home in life sounds something. I feel disgusted to know that the situation is burgeoning. What is the role of superrich or government to arrest the ugly situation.
My heart goes out to all my brothers and Sisters out there in y'all's struggle believe me I know what it is to be homeless,drug addiction ect but Jesus Christ really does SAVE!!!!!
We need a basic income for shelter utilities clothing and food then if people are working they're paying taxes if they're paying taxes then the people in DC are getting paid why don't they help those get a basic income so they have shelter utilities food and clothing
where are all of the millionaires and billionaires at?warren buffet worth 95 billion dollars,bill gates 100 billion dollars,professional sports owners,hollywood celebrities.
In thier comfortable castles.
What is the main reason of homeless. Answer people do not keep relationships for life , even if it’s family or childhood friends, fallouts can be permanent or temporary
Well said, and that being the truth, there is one exception that will save our life. That person (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) is eternally our support and only shelter for our life. We need only to trust in God.
(It was written on our currency after all).
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As George Harrison sings "My Sweet Lord"..
Hare Kṛṣṇa
Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa
Hare Hare
Hare Rāma
Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma
Hare Hare
you got to be able to be clean in a bathroom and take your medicine right and see the doctor and then go to work
you shouldn't spit on just cuz they're homeless some of them are really trying sure there's a few sorry ones out there that don't deserve anything but these people are don't deserve this
I don't care if a homeless person is a criminal or not. No human being deserves to be spit on with maybe the exception of released homeless sexual offenders, rapists, pedophiles and their ilk.
No normal honest law biding homeless person deserves to spat upon for any reason. I don't like criminals but, I don't think even a homeless criminal deserves to be spat upon.
Whats worse housed people often urinate on homeless rough sleepers. Set their tent's on fire, beat them with pipes, steal \ break their belongings and even in extreme cases HOUSED PEOPLE MURDER THE HOMELESS FOR SADISTIC SPORT! This is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!
Harmony is lying her mother never tried to kill her I've known her since she was 3 years old her mother was my wife (girlfriend) for almost 15 years till she died her mother loved her she chose to run the streets of downtown I won't let her slander her deceased mother
H.O.P.E ❤️🌍🕊️
Nope..There is no more hope..The new world order is upon us, and population control is their #1 goal..These people are being eliminated daily, and in just a short time everyone will notice the streets no longer have a large homeless population, and than there will be none! 😉..All of these things we all see, and even feel in 2020 is not by accident, or just coincidence..Everyone can feel a huge change coming..If you are a burden, and not contributing to society, eventually you’re going to be eliminated..This is what’s really happening..
@BrAnD you are 100% right here thank you for stating the honest truth.
If this goes on the population will be like moldova .
It is so wrong when a person has done their time They should be 4given and given another chance to prove they have changed and can become an honest useful citizen in society. If they mess up fire them kick them outta the apt. I'm just sayin.
Most of the homeless have already been through exactly what you said, and many more..Now they’re on the streets, now what? It’s an endless cycle..They have to want it, they have to not want to be on drugs, alcohol, and off the streets..If the individual doesn’t want it like all of us, there’s nothing left to do for them..Showing these endless sad stories do nothing..
I think people don't need free houses - they will need incom witch cover rent and another coast of living.
The homelessness is more than any 550,000 in the USA rents and to buy a house to buy a vehicle all these things have become outrageous in cost it isn't right you should have a cap on the cost of everything and what a building cost to buy put a car cost to buy insurance and the tax you have to pay on the car in the house it all ought to be capped so the person can afford it basic income paying for shelter utilities food clothing
Addiction and Homelessness | Marcus Ward Show ruclips.net/video/KAlDzWrYH20/видео.html
I think about third world countries & they have little shacks in shanty towns & maybe somewhere they can grow some veggies. This is ridiculous. That is PREFERABLE to this.
Addiction and Homelessness | Marcus Ward Show ruclips.net/video/KAlDzWrYH20/видео.html
Okay…….
21st century blues
House of charities should not be set in the center of the city. People stay homeless. They need to get them to help in communities that will help. Downtown in NOT ONE OF THESE PLACES
All these videos and nothing being done.
They should pull back americans company in oversea back home . Lower tax to win win stiuation .
You fix the addiction. You fix the homeless
How?
Yes thats for one population. There is also a small percentage of homeless that are not addicts
@@retrospecative2454 You are correct, some people prefer to be homeless....hippies....That doesn't last long
No. You fix the system that leads to the problems that cause one to become homeless. We have abysmal healthcare in this country. Mental health care is even harder to access. People use substances due to trauma and pain. Addiction is a symptom of a much larger problem.
@@averagejoe9851 You understand that hippies aren’t a thing. It’s not the 60s. This isn’t rebellion......this is reality for soon to be millions of people.
Boomers. Born when the wealthiest Americans paid 70-90% tax rate. All the opportunities in the world. Greed so great they will go to any means necessary to prevent younger generations from succeeding while they are alive.
This is the result of deregulation. Educational inequality. Lack of affordable housing due to homes viewed as investments not a human need and right. Lack of healthcare. Wage stagnation. Lack of a social safety net. Lack of understanding of the common good.
Arrest all the homeless,I'm tired of stepping over them
God for bid you ever walk a mile in their shoes then you might know what it’s like now I can’t get that song out of my head oh by the way you are a POS
Good grief. I was homeless for 4 days. Anyone that remains homeless for months, is beyond help.
I can't help but notice that every person in this video talks about the need for more resources such as food banks. None of them are talking about getting off of their behinds and working
Smh. Your repugnant.
@@DetroitFettyghost I am pulling out a basic fact. No one was concerned with how they can get a job or work. Stating that you should get a job if you want money is a perfectly legitimate viewpoint. These people rely on folks like me to go to work and pay taxes so that we can create more benefits for them.
I am not saying they should be euthanized or anything that is actually repugnant. I am simply stating that if you want money, you should get a job
@sfv you're an ahole. I sincerely hope no one you love becomes homeless or addicted. Because you wouldn't give a single f*c would you?
You need an address before you can get a job. Most employers won't hire a homeless with no address.
Homeless is a choice. It may not be a goal that you were striving for but it is a choice. In order to be homeless the individual has to burn every bridge, financially posture themselves, and have absolutely zero plan in place.
While I agree that it would be terrible to be homeless, I feel it is of their own doing. Get a job, spend less than you make and don't be a jackass
No. Your wrong. And clueless. Youve haven't been thru enough in life and you have parents and other family I sure who love you. Grow up man. You don't know everything.
Did you know. 95% of IV drug users were molested/raped as children and suffer from PTSD??? Do you think PTSD is a choice? There's millions running around homeless with PTSD who need real help
How about never turning your back on someone that asks for help instead of judging them and avoiding the time to do anything that doesn't benefit you.
@@johnoneill2661 ❤️😭
@@DetroitFettyghost I believe that 99 percent of IV drug user injected it by choice. Do not expect me to feel compassion for drug addicts.
You have 100% Choice when it comes to PTSD. An individual cannot prevent a horrific or traumatic life event but you can 100% control how you react to it. Again, people choose to be homeless. You don't run out of places to go unless you're burnt a lot of bridges on your way.
lol. Ok. "You can control p.t.s.d." yea...it's working out great for the few million in the world suffering from it. And homelessness isn't "running out of places to go". Alot of people WANT to be out there. Alot of people are to mentally unwell to function at a level that allows for day to day work, income, hygiene, eating, paying bills etc. Your just pigeon holeing people suffering addiction into the same basket......we'll keep on doing that because that's exactly why there is such a mess out there because NOBODY FN CARES 💩
Drug addicts
Vote for a republican
NOooooóo. They are the problem.